94 Grammys

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Album: Star: Incredibly solid, but sadly cannot complete its "Belly is the best album of the five" arc. Agreeing with the consensus that it would get so much stronger with a cut song or three

Someone to Die For: 5 Yeah, I do have someone I'd die for [stares at picture of my villagers from Animal Crossing]

Angel: 8 Oh man, I was joking about this ending up being my favorite album of the five, but this sits dangerously on the cusp of where my biggest music taste tendencies lie

Dusted: 10 Ruh roh

Every Word: 7 Longest pause of my life I swear

Gepetto: 9 Where's the body, Gepetto? Where'd you put it?

Witch: 5 Is there like some fairy tale throughline to this album I should've been aware about before listening

Slow Dog: 10 It's the traditional 90s alt rock sound that hits my ear so nicely

Low Red Moon: 8 Sick ass organ drop

Feed The Tree: 9 When I want to do a fatality in Mortal Kombat's Living Forest stage

Full Moon, Empty Heart: 6 This song is not good for me at this very moment, as I try to stay awake through the lingering exhaustion effects of an illness

White Belly: 7 The vocals in the climax are exactly what this song needed

Untogether: 6 If I could give an 11 to just a single song section it'd be whatever that intro was

Star: 7 Really solid guitar sound here

Sad Dress: 9 Now we're back to what I really want out of this album

Stay: 9 The best of the more acoustic type tracks in the second half

Album: In Utero: Oops! (Almost) all 8s and 10s!

Serve the Servants: 8 Oof, this probably touches a very specific nerve for a lotta people

Scentless Apprentice: 8 Strong start

Heart-Shaped Box: 10 Easy double digits for Wey Hey, would've given it a big score in Guitar Hero too if it had been in that.

Rape Me: 8 Giving the biggest "phew" after minutes of research

Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle: 8 Top tier song title

Dumb: 8 This song makes my brain feel weighed down with lead, which is probably the point now that I think about it

Very Ape: 8 The music video for Coldplay's Adventure of a Lifetime:

Milk It: 5 Well, not everything is gonna work here

Pennyroyal Tea: 10 Might've been my favorite Nirvana song for a little bit of my teens

Radio Friendly Unit Shifter: 8 They're not wrong, this is a true dance bop

Tourette’s: 8 This probably would've annihilated live, just an all-out sprint

All Apologies: 10 Switch-up for the ages, honestly sniffling a bit right now

Album: Automatic for the People: My first real dive into an R.E.M. album, feels like an album that might get better with more rotations, but you're stuck with these respectably high scores (EDIT: and my highest average of the rate lol)

Drive: 7 I knoowww there's a tasty nut inside here, just needs the right mood to crack it; unfortunately, it won't come before this ballot gets turned in

Try Not to Breathe: 9 Left a bit breathless by the end of it, every little thing felt well-placed and in-sync

The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite: 8 I've been rewinding the weird little thing his voice does at the start of the chorus immediately after "Doctor Seuss" for the last two minutes now

Everybody Hurts: 7 Tried to listen with open ears and honestly it sorta gelled with me. Not enough to totally overcome pre-rate baggage, but hell if it didn't come as close as it can get

New Orleans Instrumental No. 1: 7 Idk what possessed me to click on the link for this song on Genius

Sweetness Follows: 8 A perfect mid-album 8/10

Monty Got a Raw Deal: 8 Kept my attention while doing laundry so I suppose it deserves high enough marks for that

Ignoreland: 10 Can't believe R.E.M. got political smdh

Star Me Kitten: 8 Here to say NOBODY can stop you from adding an R.E.M. song to your sex jams playlist. Go for it!

Man on the Moon: 10 For the longest time I thought this song was made for the movie. Incredible pre-chorus and chorus

Nightswimming: 11 Beautiful, gorgeous, stunning piano. His voice shines so much here as well. Feels like one of those songs that, if it finds you at the right place at the right time, it'll become your favorite song in an instant

Find the River: 9 Is that where we'll find the tree we need to feed?

Album: Siamese Dream: Billy Corgan's voice just works idk what to tell you. Even if there's a few just okay songs, I can always count on the instrumentals sounding dope on this album and I'm thankful

Cherub Rock: 9 The drums go tf off at the ending

Quiet: 8 Impossible to not bang yr head to this

Today: 10 This should be the one titled Cherub Rock, cause these guitars sound like they came down from heaven

Hummer: 8 Changing up the usual song structure some definitely enhances it

Rocket: 5 Came and went

Disarm: 10 Straight up a perfect intro

Soma: 7 Where Strokes?

Geek U.S.A.: 8 Was a 6 until the guitar solo kicked it into another gear

Mayonaise: 9 I know this the game changer for some of you, lemme come back later and see if it gets better with another listen. EDIT: yeah its good

Spaceboy: 6 The hell was that ending

Silverfuck: 6 Definitely some great elements, but boy that feels its runtime

Sweet Sweet: 7 If JBrekkie could learn to harness these powers she'd be unstoppable

Luna: 9 Beautiful closer

Album: Zooropa: Not surprised songs from this album feel generally forgotten amongst the big guns of their discography. Doesn't mean it's bad, definitely an interesting turn

Zooropa: 7 Honey, get the car! Bono said Zooropa can be mine tonight!

Babyface: 9 Reading these lyrics, guessing we should call the narrator a heel

Numb: 4 This was their lead single!?

Lemon: 8 Still pondering my opinion on Bono's falsetto here, but the rest is pretty good,

Stay (Faraway, So Close!): 10 Anthemic U2 keeps hitting

Daddy’s Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car: 7 The true ending to us wanting to have some fun, jump in the jeep, and enjoy the sun

Some Days Are Better Than Others: 5 Dibs on my comment being "some songs are better than others"

The First Time: 8 Almost anthemic U2 keeps hitting

Dirty Day: 7 Love when U2 makes their guitar go crazy like it does in the back half

The Wanderer: 10 The only thing I knew about this song was Johnny Cash was on it and when he came in I still went JOHNNY CASH!? Anyway whats up with that jumpscare

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